Premier
David Alward making it clear he has no intention of stopping the testing
for shale gas in the province one week after a protest outside the SWN
Resources compound near Rexton turned violent.
Shale
gas opponents, meantime, releasing a poll showing people in Nova Scotia
support a continued ban on fracking. According to the polling done by
Abacus Data, 69% of Nova Scotians strongly support or support a
continued moratorium on fracking, unless an independent review finds
there's no risk to drinking water, human health, the climate or
communities.
The poll
was commissioned by the Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action
Coalition known, which is also known as NOFRAC, the Council of Canadians
and the Sierra Club.